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Bar crawl: taking to the terrace at Bar Antoine on Park Lane

Information: 09 August 2024

We didn't want to gatekeep this bar terrace just off Park Lane, so here's what we thought of Bar Antoine's Twilight Terrace.

Abney Park in Stoke Newington has a chic new cafe

Information: 09 August 2024

As part of £5m spent on its restoration, Abney Park in Stoke Newington now has a modern new cafe. The pair behind it are Hackney locals Toby Williams and Lianna Jewell, a husband and wife team. They...

Test Driving Goodbye Horses - a groundbreaking new wine bar in Islington

Information: 08 August 2024

An old pub in Islington has been transformed into something really rather special. We popped along to new wine bar Goodbye Horses to check it out.

Pidgin is closing, Sesta is opening in its place

Information: 07 August 2024

The year of high-profile closures continues. The latest restaurant to reveal that it's shutting the doors, after nine years, is Pidgin, James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy's Hackney restaurant. But just...

MasterChef The Professionals winner Nikita Pathakji takes over at the Princess of Shoreditch

Information: 07 August 2024

It's been two years since she lifted the trophy in the 2022 final of MasterChef The Professionals. Now chef Nikita Pathakji is celebrating her first Head Chef role, heading up the kitchen at East...

Burger & Lobster avoids a war with KFC with the "Not a Bucket"

Information: 07 August 2024

A few weeks ago, Burger & Lobster proudly launched their limited edition lobster bucket which looked... a little familiar. One company who, it appears, wasn't too enamoured with the look of the...

Viral Leeds bakery Get Baked is popping up at Fortnum's

Information: 07 August 2024

Leeds bakery Get Baked makes a cake so viral that mere minutes after sales go live on their website every slice is gone in a flash. Now, Get Baked by Rich Myers is coming to London. Best known for...

Test Driving The Waterman's Arms - excellent riverside dining in Barnes

Information: 06 August 2024

The Waterman's Arms is a riverside pub in Barnes with an excellent team behind it. We went for a lunch overlooking the Thames to try it out.

Chef James Cochran announces he's closing his Islington restaurant 12:51

Information: 05 August 2024

A Hot Dinners exclusive The slew of London restaurant closures continues with the news today that the much-loved Islington restaurant 12:51 will have its final service next month. Owner chef James...

Kerb are opening a lunch market in Holborn

Information: 05 August 2024

A bit of good news for hungry workers in the Holborn area comes today. You're about to get a weekly Kerb market to enhance your lunch options. The latest opening from the street food company will be...

Test Driving Chalk restaurant at Wiston Estate - where everything from the produce to the wine is local

Information: 03 August 2024

On one of the largest pieces of family-owned land near the south coast, Wiston Estate has an extensive winery and a great restaurant in Chalk, which specialises in local Sussex produce. We took the...

Patron won't be reopening in Highbury

Information: 02 August 2024

It's been a year since the Highbury branch of the popular French restaurant Patron closed its doors, ostensibly for a few months to allow the building to be underpinned. Many, many months on from...

Dalston's The Marquis of Lansdowne is reborn as The Marquee Moon

Information: 02 August 2024

The Team behind Docklands nightclub The Cause are revamping a pub in Dalston. Once The Marquis of Lansdowne, it's being relaunched as The Marquee Moon (the second opening recently to take its name...

Daisy Green is opening Glamarama Green in South Kensington

Information: 01 August 2024

Daisy Green's slow march across London continues with their latest opening, this time bringing them to Kensington. They've gone to town with the name too, calling it Glamarama Green. They're opening just around...

Test Driving Ibai - a stellar Basque steakhouse in the City

Information: 01 August 2024

Brilliant Basque food and great steaks a few minutes walk from Smithfield Market make Ibai worth crossing town for.

Copenhagen's Gasoline Grill burger joint is popping up in London

Information: 31 July 2024

One of the most talked-about burger restaurants in Copenhagen is coming to London - Gasoline Grill is popping up in King's Cross. It's hugely popular in Copenhagen, partly because they have an...

Oy Bar bring their oysters and wine to Balham, with Wimbledon next

Information: 31 July 2024

We're a bit slow to this, as Oybar has been open in Balham for almost a month, but the duo behind this new oyster bar are already working on their second place. Owners Evgeniy and Catriona are...

Popular Sydney brunch cafe The Rusty Rabbit is heading to Notting Hill

Information: 30 July 2024

Homesick Aussies will want to make a beeline for Notting Hill soon as popular Sydney cafe Rusty Rabbit is gearing up to open on Westbourne Grove. With two cafes in the Sydney suburbs of Darlinghurst and St...

Test Driving Ukiyo - hand rolls, sushi and sake on tap in Covent Garden

Information: 30 July 2024

Covent Garden gets a very useful little sushi spot with the opening of Japanese hand roll bar Ukiyo in The Yards.

Chatsworth Bakehouse open a second place in Crystal Palace

Information: 29 July 2024

If there's anything that London simply can't get enough of at the moment, it's bakeries. And one of those bakeries that Londoners are obsessed with is about to open a second place - a second...

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